Microsoft Lumia 950 - Battery Life & Verdict
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Microsoft Lumia 950 – Battery

The removable 3,000mAh cell tucked inside the Lumia 950 might sound fairly beefy for a compact phone, but in real use performance pretty much matches the vast majority of handsets on the market.

If I unplug at 8am, have multiple email accounts pulling down content throughout the day, bouts of music streaming, messaging and web browsing, then I can make it through to around 11pm with between 10-15% battery left.

Gaming – with the meagre selection of titles available – eats through about 15% in 45 minutes (that was playing Halo: Spartan Strike), while streaming an episode of Jessica Jones on Netflix in HD saw the phone lose 11%. That’s about normal, in my tests, for a phone this year. –

The fact is that I’ve sometimes found that my Lumia 950 can actually last into day two – because, well, there isn’t much to do on Windows 10 Mobile.

I don’t use the Maps app – it’s slow, inaccurate and crashes – so that saves a fair amount of battery, and the lack of enticing apps overall means the Lumia 950 has been stuck in my pocket more than has been the case with the competition.

On the plus side, you can wave goodbye to your drawers of micro-USB cables since the Lumia 950 has a USB-C port for charging – and it supports fast-charging too. Plus, wireless charging is available too.